Maon
מָעוֹןStrong’s H4584maon (ma-on)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maon is the Hebrew word usually translated “maon”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,”
Meaning
- § Maon or Maonites = "habitation"
- A man of Judah
- The inhabitants of the city of Maon
- A city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
How it's translated
- maon 5
- and maon 2
- in maon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 3
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 10:12The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
- 1 Samuel 23:25Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
- 1 Samuel 25:2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
- 1 Chronicles 2:45And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
Hebrew dictionary
מָעוֹן maon · Maon
§ Maon or Maonites = "habitation" a city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
מָעוֹן maon · Maon
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.45; son of: Shammai (H8060H) § Maon or Maonites = "habitation" 1) a man of Judah 2) the inhabitants of the city of Maon 3) a city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.